Improvement in combined dining and ironing tables



L. BERNER.

Combined Diningand `ironing Tables.

Patented Feb.17,1874. e

*UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea LOUIS BERNIER, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT iN COMBINED DINING AND IRONING TAlBLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145',470, dated February 17, 1874; application tiled l December 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis BERNER, of the city ot' Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new Arran gement in Dining and Ironing Table. Combined, of which the following is a specification:

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, in which- Figure l represent-s an ordinary dining-table in perspective, with both wings down; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same opened out ready for ironing and for holding the clothing',

`one of the ironing-boards O removed to show the sliding leg 'F and pivot-bolt T on the under side.

My Objectis to have a neat and vdesirable dining-table, so arranged as to conceal two ironing boards and all the appliances, the whole so hinged and joined together as to allow it to be packed in `a small compass for transportation.

The semi-oval wings A A are connected by peculiar hinges, at least the wing A', so as to allow it to be slightly drawn out and turned over upon the top B. This top is hinged to the rear cross-frame J. The pintle or pin of the hinges can be drawn out, which disconnects the top altogether from the table. The rear cross frame or rail J sits in grooves in the upper portion ofthe legs cc', and is secured by a nut and screw-bolt, and made removable. The front legs c are grooved for the front rail L, so as to allow it to be removed or slid down, as shown in Fig. 2, the screw-bolt M being detached from the hole m above to one made for its recept-ion below,to secure the rail L as afoot-brace- The turn-slats I, pivoted att upon the boxed-out upper edge of the rails J L, are for wing-supports for the dining-table. The end rails E have, on the outer. side, perforated sockets or long bearings D, into which the pivot-bolt T of the ironing-boards O are set, and secured by nuts t. These several ironingboards O O' are thus held and turned on said pivots-one on each side ofthe tableso that when both are turned in they fit side by side under the lid or top B. These boards O O have, on their under side, grooved guideways Q, in which the head-block p slides by its iianges confined to the grooved ways. The prop or leg Pis hinged to this head-block p, and when folded up held by a turn-button, R. The one ironing-board O is shown turned out altogether to one side, while the other board,

O', shown detached, may, if desired, be turned out in like manner on the opposite side. Thus two can be engaged at ironing without interfering with each other. K shows a shelf, with side ledges 7c, for holding the irons, clothing, or the appliances. In the inner hind corners of the table or end pieces E are loops or bands e for receiving the uprights F, which extend into the shelfl K. These uprights F are provided at intervals with right-angled staples j', into which the hinged cross or drying slats G are laid and confined. The turn-prop H on its pivot h is to support the raised top B, as shown in Fig. 2. There is shown a headed pin, n, in the groove on each side of the front legs c. The object is for a rest for the upper yfront rail L, so adjusted that when the rail rests upon them the perforations in the en ds oi' the rail will match with those marked m in the legs, and readily receive the screw-bolts M. These, of course, must be withdrawn before the rail can be slid down. They may be attached by a cord. There is also a hook and a loop, shown on the under side of the top B, used in connection with the wings A A, when spread open and the props I I turned out, for use as a dining-table.

Thus combined, we have a neat and desirable dining-room table, which is readily'converted into a convenient ironing-table, which aiiords every facility. When desirable to slip a garment over the board O, the prop I can be raised up out of the Way, and then let down and slid out again, with ease.

I am aware that ironing tables and boards are made in various ways-adjustable as well as combined with drying-slats. I claim no novelty apart from my arrangement and combinaton, as shown and specified; therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent iu a combined ironing and dining table, is-

The combined dining and ironing table. herein described, having a hinged top, B, with folding wings A A', shifting-rail L, sockets D, and loops e, to adapt the same to receive the ironing-boards O O', uprights F, and drying-slats G, the parts arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose mentioned.

LOUIS BERNER. Witnesses JNO. M. AMWEG, J Aeon STAUFFER. 

